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It seems that I solved the problem by assigning to the printer an IP address outside the range of addresses DHCP allocated. In my case, the Linksys router has the ip addresses 192.168.1.2 thru 192.168.1.12 under DHCP; I assigned to the printer 1.20 and so far it is working. Thank you for your prompt reply.Camaner

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You can get a update for windows 7 on www.windowsupdate.com as for your printer try to un install the driver than re install you may also look to see if it is compatable with windows 7? check the owners guide on your printer, I don't think it is but not 100% positive about that,check owners instructions and guide

Is it connected via a parallel port? If so, then you need to change the parallel port type in your computer's BIOS Setup to EPP or ECP type; Windows will register the new port type and you should be able to establish a bi-di connection.BTW, does it not work without this bi-directional connection? The only thing you lose is some fancy stuff like ink levels monitoring etc.

I had the same problem with a Brother MFC-6490CW AIO printer. Here is how I resolved it:

Open the printers folder.
Right-click on the Brother printer and display the Properties page
Select the Ports tab.

In my system (Vista Premium), the selected port was a WSD port (whatever that means). Further down the list, there was a TCP/IP port that was obviously created by the Brother installation software. I selected the Brother-created TCP/IP port (which deselected the WSD port), applied the changes, and suddenly my printer was online. No idea what the difference between these two ports is, but I'll stick with the TCP/IP port until further notice.